Thermal Simulation of Biological Tissues with Magnetite Microinsertions under Microwave Energy in Support of Chemo-Hyperthermal Delivery

Romeo Ciobanu, José Francisco Blanco Villalba, Thomas Schreiner, Bogdan Tamba
Abstract:
This paper deals with the investigations of biological tissues with magnetite insertions through computer simulation and measurements in support of chemo-hyperthermal delivery. Modeling of microwave-thermal effects in tissues, under different clinical specifications, in relation with magnetic nanoassemblies features is taken into account to correlate the thermal effect of microwave with the thermal effect in the volume under irradiation. Simulation of the tissues was performed in CST Microwave Studio in the presence and absence of insertions. It has been observed that there is a very beneficial effect on the uniformity of the thermal effect in the tissue, in the presence of the inserts, due to the much better thermal conductivity of these materials beside the tissues.
Keywords:
chemo-hyperthermal delivery, cancer treatment, microwave-thermal effects in tissues, magnetic nano-assemblies
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC4
Event name:
TC4 Symposium 2014
Title:

20th IMEKO TC4 Symposium on Measurements of Electrical Quantities (together with 18th TC4 International Workshop on ADC and DCA Modeling and Testing, IWADC)
"Research on Electrical and Electronic Measurement for the Economic Upturn"

Place:
Benevento, ITALY
Time:
15 September 2014 - 17 September 2014